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Tuesday March 28th last chance to weigh in on the City of Boerne’s Mobility and Major Thoroughfare plans before vote to approve.
Next Tuesday will be your last chance to weigh in on the City of Boerne’s Mobility and Major Thoroughfare plans before the Boerne City Council votes to approve or send it back to the drawing board. When: March 28, 2023, at 6 PM See notice here. Where: Boerne City Hall, City Council Chambers, 447 N. Main Street, Boerne, TX 78006. The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance is very concerned about the impact to Trinity and Edwards water supplies due to the large number of caves and recharge features that lie within the path of proposed major arterial roadways. Check out these maps to see the
Once in a decade opportunity to tell legislators what you think of TCEQ.
GEAA members and friends, We know that, like us, many of you are frustrated by the shortcomings of the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This legislative session we have a real opportunity to achieve some improvement in how TCEQ can better serve Texans. GEAA is joining with The Alliance for a Clean Texas (ACT) to host a Lobby Day (April 11th, 2023), with Texans from across the state coming together to call on the Legislature to strengthen environmental protections. We hope you can join us! Sign up to attend and we’ll schedule meetings with your state representative and senator and
On Monday, December 19th at 6 PM Milestone will present their plans and receive public comment at the Hays County Government Office. Concerned citizens are urged to attend.
The presentation will be held in the Hays County Government Office’s Development Services Conference Room at 2171 Yarrington Road in Kyle. You can see a list of GEAA’s concerns with the link below. GEAA Comments on the Hays Commons Preliminary Plat
Art Auction Event
Celebrate Texas Waters through a Dinner & Art Auction with Texas Artists to benefit the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance! Join us on December 1, 2022 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for an evening of celebrating Texas water with some of Texas’ most distinguished artists. Biga on the Banks will serve a special four course dinner with unlimited selected libations. See you there!
GEAA and Texas State University Students Partner to Map Wastewater Treatment Facilities Across Edwards Aquifer Region
Date: May 16, 2022 A team of four students from Dr. Yihong Yuan’s Geographic Information Science (GIS) Design & Implementation Class at Texas State University (TSU), working with the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA), have created an interactive map of wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) within the Edwards Aquifer region. With this map, students conducted an overlay analysis to pinpoint high-risk WWTF areas within the Edwards Aquifer region based on population density and proximity to steams. The interactive map will help further GEAA’s ongoing research of the impacts of sewage and WWTFs on the Edwards Aquifer region. Click Here to view the
Reflections on Earth Day 2022
A friend reposted this very grim Earth Day message I sent to GEAA members in 2013.
Annalisa is blogging for the San Antonio Express-News!
We are pleased to announce that the San Antonio Express News has given Annalisa her own blog to report what is going on with the
Prevent Gridlock on Mopac: Act NOW to Stop the Aquifer Toll Road!
Do we need more highway lanes over the Barton Springs Recharge Zone? Elected officials who sit on the board of CAMPO, Austin’s local transportation planning
Check it out! Texas Water Resource Institute’s Newsletter
TWRI’s New Waves 2009 e-newsletter includes great articles relevant to water resource protection in Central Texas. Topics that might interest GEAA members include: a request
81st Legislature Status
With two weeks left of the 81st Legislative Session, we need to do all that we can to promote the bills that managed to make
Noche Verde May 14: Benefit for GEAA, BuildSA Green, USGBC & Green Spaces Alliance
Don’t miss your chance to party and shop to benefit your favorite green causes! Big Grass Bamboo is throwing a fundraiser for us on Thursday,
Hays County Greenprint Stakeholder Meeting: Monday, June 1st
Please save the date for the next Hays County Greenprint Stakeholder meeting: Monday, June 1st 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dripping Springs ISD Central Administration